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AI is forcing us to ask the question, "what is art?" writes Dan Sheehan. It will soon force us to was 'what is knowledge' and 'what is philosophy', in my opinion. "When you try to automate the artistic process," writes Sheehan, "what happens to artists? Fans love to tout AI art'™s accessibility, saying that now anyone can be an artist. Unsurprisingly, this claim seems more focused on art as a product than it is on art as a practice." But ultimately, the objective, he writes, is to sell product. However, "If we remove all the process, what remains?" Via Renée.

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